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Dear Friends,
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elcome to the latest edition of Lankenau Leaders. Since
debuting this publication nearly two years ago we have
featured some of the generous donors, excellent physicians and
dedicated staff that make Lankenau Hospital such a superb institution.
This issue will be no different!
The 16 pages that follow will offer you a glimpse inside Lankenau’s unique world –
a world where clinical excellence, compassionate care and a commitment to
research and education all come together to improve the quality of life for individuals
in our community.
You will read about the momentous charitable support we have received through the
generosity of donors such as Louis and Elizabeth Pipi, the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust,
the Annenberg Foundation and all of our donors whose support at any level is very much
appreciated. We will profile a dedicated Lankenau team member who came from Egypt
and examine his cultural experiences in America. Most importantly, we will tell the story
of Nancy Loeb, a Lankenau patient whose determination during her battle with breast
cancer is certainly to be admired.
But Lankenau Leaders is more than just intriguing stories. Keeping with the tradition
of previous issues, this edition will take you inside Lankenau Hospital with a very special
view. Our exclusive photos include a pictorial retrospective of the first-ever Lankenau
Boutique and a look back at our recent John D. Lankenau Society celebrations.
These are the people and events that bring the Lankenau experience to life for those
who visit our campus. We are delighted to share just a little of that experience with you
in these pages.
My mother is fond of saying, “If you don’t set the table, Thanksgiving dinner won’t
happen.” I am pleased to have set the table for this issue of Lankenau Leaders. I trust that
you will enjoy this meal as much as we enjoyed preparing it. Bon Appetit!
Sincerely,
Elaine C. Thompson, Ph.D.
President, Lankenau Hospital
P.S. We want to hear from you! If you have any feedback on Lankenau Leaders, please
contact Michael Criscuolo, Manager of Development Communications, at (610) 645-8095
or CriscuoloM@mlhs.org.
Contents
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Features
2. Fighting for
Her Life
Nancy Loeb battles
breast cancer with
help from Dr. Marisa
Weiss and Lankenau
Caregivers
4. Changing
Perspectives
How one couple’s
transformational gift
enhanced neurology
care and research at
Lankenau
6. The Lankenau
Difference
7. W.W. Smith
Charitable Trust
Endows Chair in
Cardiovascular Research
at Lankenau
8.
Young Friends
debut Lankenau
Boutique . . .
Over $36,000 raised for
Life Begins at Lankenau
10. On the Scene
12.
Focus on
Philanthropy
13.
The Language
of Medicine
14. & 15. John D. Lankenau
Society
Celebration
16. Heartfelt Thanks
F i g ht i n g
for her Life
Nancy Loeb battles breast cancer with help from Dr. Marisa Weiss and Lankenau Caregivers
T
he slender gentleman in the moss
the soft spoken – almost sing-song – voice
colored baseball cap steps to one
of the nurse appropriately named Robin.
side and nods politely as he allows
“Nancy, Dr. Weiss is ready for you now.”
the lady to pass. She smiles at his chivalrous
I
Nancy Loeb has spent a great deal of time
maneuver as she navigates the entranceway
at Lankenau Hospital in recent years – a
using her silver cane. The lady is not as
little too much time for her liking. A routine
strong as she once was – physically, that is.
mammogram in April 2005 showed a small
But her spirit is more determined than ever.
shadow that caused concern. “My daughter
She knows she is fighting for her life. She
Pam and I had just taken our annual trip to
the Philadelphia Flower Show,” says Nancy.
am writing to express my heartfelt appreciation and
gratitude for the outstanding treatment and care I
received at Lankenau Hospital for my breast cancer.
It has been over one year since my diagnosis and
subsequent treatment for eradicating the cancer, and
although my initial feelings leading into this experience
were that of uncertainty and anxiety, these feelings
were quickly responded to and alleviated by the
encouragement and support of your wonderful staff
of doctors, nurses and administrators.*
“I felt fine and didn’t have any trouble
walking around a lot that day.” But Nancy
was not fine. On April 13, 2005, a biopsy
revealed that Nancy had breast cancer. Her
fighting spirit was immediately awakened.
Nancy’s initial reaction to the news: “I would
rather know than not know. That way I could
begin to fight it. Sure, I was anxious, but I
was also confident that we would make this
better.” A mastectomy was soon performed
by Lankenau surgeon Dr. Ned Carp. “I was
nervous before the procedure,” says the
long-time homemaker, mother of five and
won the first round and she is more deter-
grandmother of four. “But I had been com-
mined than ever to emerge victorious from
ing to Lankenau for years and knew I would
the second. This lady knows how to fight
be in good hands.”
– and all the while she hasn’t lost her smile.
But that first bout has taken a toll on her
*Excerpt from
Nancy Loeb’s
letter to
Lankenau,
October 2006.
Nancy’s challenge would become tougher
as she soon found herself on the ropes.
67 year-old frame. She stops to catch her
After carefully planning and beginning her
breath as she checks in with the courteous,
chemotherapy treatment schedule with Dr.
Irish-accented lady behind the desk. Now
Paul Gilman, Chief of Main Line Health’s
her hand grips the cane tighter as the other
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Nancy
rests on the counter in front of her. After
was faced with complications. “My mom’s
achieving a brief respite on the outskirts of
white blood cell count dropped during her
the bank of waiting room chairs, she is sum-
course of chemo and she became dehy-
moned for another round. This fight is dif-
drated,” says Pam Loeb, Nancy’s eldest
ferent. The ringing of the bell is replaced by
child. “She was very weak and ended up
hospitalized at Lankenau twice. We were
and wonderful person,” says Dr. Weiss.
scared, but everyone took such great care
“It has been my pleasure and privilege
of her…and us. I remember how friendly
to be her doctor and to help protect and
and helpful the nurses were. They always
cherish her life.”
answered our questions. We brought them
The five-day-a-week radiation helped to
trays of cookies just to show them our
improve Nancy’s health. In September 2006
appreciation. If anyone ever asks me to
– 17 months after first being diagnosed
recommend a hospital, Lankenau will be
with breast cancer – Nancy Loeb took
the first word out of my mouth.”
her final treatment. “My cancer had been
Nancy recalls the cyclical nature of her
A
eradicated and I was feeling great again.
nd I would like to extend a special thank you to all of the Oncology and Radiation Oncology nurses
and administrators for their thoughtful and skillful care. Their devotion and dedication to the profession
is reflected very admirably in their work ethic, and in the care and treatment of their patients. I can
honestly tell you that their kindness and consideration far exceeds that which I have received at any other
medical facility, and I wish to commend them all for their outstanding service to the community.*
health during this time. “After a chemo
I felt like I could truly get back to being
treatment, I would feel well for a little while,
with my family.” Her stamina returning,
then begin vomiting and feeling terrible.
Nancy was able to once again enjoy her
I would recover from these spells just in
favorite activities, including daytrips to
time for the next treatment.” But the treat-
the Lancaster Outlets with her family.
ments were working. And soon, the tide
Nancy decided to express her apprecia-
would turn in her favor as she met “an
tion for the wonderful care she received by
angel.” In January 2006, Dr. Marisa Weiss
making a charitable donation to Lankenau
came into Nancy’s life. Dr. Weiss, Director
Hospital. “My family and I always had
of Breast Radiation Oncology at Lankenau
positive experiences at Lankenau. From
Hospital, has been recognized internation-
the physicians to the nurses to the parking
ally for inspiring and empowering women
lot attendants, everyone was always good
with breast cancer. As the president and
to us,” she says. “I was honored to give
founder of breastcancer.org, Dr. Weiss is
back to the Hospital. My husband, Warren,
deeply committed to giving every woman
and I felt it was the right thing to do.”
access to the most reliable, complete and
Little did Nancy know that Round 2 was
compassionate information about breast
looming on the horizon. “I was on a diet,
cancer. “I had heard about her appearing
but I noticed the weight was coming off a
on the Today Show numerous times and I
little too easily,” she says. In March 2007,
have seen her picture on the cover of Phila-
Nancy learned the cancer had returned.
delphia Magazine’s Top Doctors issue,” says
“Dr. Jean Haab had called to tell me,”
Nancy. “But she is the kindest, most ap-
recalls Nancy. “She didn’t want to be the
proachable doctor I have ever met. She is
person to deliver such bad news.” But
so passionate about what she does and that
Nancy responded with her unique grace
really shows. I knew right away how caring
by telling Dr. Haab, “I am sorry that you
and attentive she is as we began setting up
had to be the one to tell me.”
my radiation schedule. She really made me
feel as if she was in my corner.”
The feeling is mutual. “Nancy is a vital
(Above) Pamela Loeb
(L) and her mother, Nancy.
I
Today, Nancy’s radiation treatments have
resumed, as have her visits to Dr. Weiss’s
(continued on page 5)
especially would
like to thank Drs.
Carp, Gilman
and Weiss for
guiding me through
the entire process,
being attentive to my
needs, and taking
the time to address
my questions and
concerns.*
Changing Perspectives
How one couple’s
transformational gift
enhanced neurology care
and research at Lankenau
timelessly here at Lankenau because of their
considerable donation – and the vehicle
through which they chose to support the
Hospital. What is an endowed chair? Simply
stated, an endowed chair provides ongoing
financial support for a medical staff leadership position paid for through a special gift
to the Hospital.
The Louis and Elizabeth Pipi Chair in
Neurology will enhance Lankenau’s ability
to diagnose, treat and study neurological
disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. This
Chief of Neurology
Y
at Lankenau
can help other people.”
Louis and Elizabeth
Pipi (sitting) are
greeted by Stephen
M. Gollomp, M.D.,
Hospital, and
“
retain true leaders in Neurology and provide
ou want to do the best you can in
them with the means to advance this field.
life and you want to get really far
Louis and Elizabeth’s gift will afford in
along,” says Louis Pipi. “But then
perpetuity the essential resources to maintain
comes a time when you have to
and expand the standard of excellence.
put things in perspective and see how you
It is this inimitable outlook that allowed
Louis and Elizabeth chose to endow a chair
in neurology because of Mr. Pipi’s ongoing
battle with Parkinson’s disease. After being
his wife, Randie
Louis Pipi and his wife, Elizabeth, to make a
diagnosed in 2005, Louis sought the treatment
Gollomp.
truly extraordinary gift to Lankenau Hospital
of Stephen M. Gollomp, MD, Lankenau’s Chief
in January 2007. The couple’s $1 million
of Neurology. “A friend of my daughter had
charitable contribution and additional
been treated by Dr. Gollomp and I had heard
$500,000 pledge initiated a $1.5 million
he was the best,” says Louis. After learning
endowment to establish a Chair in Neurology
more about Dr. Gollomp through the internet
at Lankenau Hospital.
and word of mouth, Louis made the one-hour
“We know that we won’t live forever,” says
trip from his home in Oley Valley, PA. Upon
Louis, as he nears his 82nd birthday. “But we
arriving at Lankenau, he was immediately
wanted to make a positive impact during
impressed. “I knew Dr. Gollomp was excel-
our lifetimes. My family was well taken care
lent right away. I asked him questions and
of and I wanted to enjoy being able to make
really pushed him for answers. He listened
such a donation while I’m still here.”
to what I had to say and he treated me with
But, indeed, the Pipi name will endure
Chair will enable Lankenau to attract and
dignity and compassion. I could tell he
worked very hard for his patients.”
And Louis knows what it is to work hard.
As for Louis, he remains very active
despite having put his seven-day-a-week
After serving in World War II when he was
work schedule behind him. Whether manag-
barely 18 years of age, Louis returned to his
ing his farm, fishing with friends, or walking
native New Jersey where he attended Rutgers
the grounds with his golden retrievers, Mia
Law School, following in the tradition of his
and Cara, Louis will not slow down. “I enjoy
lawyer father. While in school, he started
thinking about the next project or activity,”
selling insurance to support his education
he says. “That’s how I ran my business.”
– and continued to do so after graduation.
Indeed, the seeds his labor planted decades
He eventually owned his own insurance
ago are bringing a bountiful harvest for
agency. In addition to building a very
Lankenau patients – both current and future.
successful insurance business, Louis also
“Our patients and their families will benefit
developed real estate. At one time, he owned
from Mr. and Mrs. Pipi’s generosity for years
a shopping center and a restaurant, as well
to come,” says Elaine C. Thompson, Ph.D.,
as other property in North Jersey.
President, Lankenau Hospital. “I have had
“I worked seven days a week because
the distinct privilege of getting to know them
I loved what I did,” he says. “I can tell the
over the past several months. They are not
people at Lankenau love what they do as
only incredibly generous, but are also the
well. Being a good doctor is a calling and
warmest and friendliest couple you could
the physicians I have encountered here –
ever hope to meet. We are fortunate to have
Dr. Gollomp, Dr. Frank McGeehin and Dr.
them as members of the Lankenau family.”
Jerry Santoro – have all answered that call
exceedingly well.”
It is fitting that Lankenau’s Medical Distinc-
Louis reacts to Dr. Thompson’s praise with
his trademark modesty. “I just wish I had
gotten more involved with philanthropy
“Our patients
and their
families will
benefit from
Mr. and
Mrs. Pipi’s
generosity
for years to
come.”
tions Committee has chosen Stephen M.
earlier,” says Louis. “But my wife and I have
Gollomp, MD to be the initial holder of the
had a great life with no regrets. We are
Louis and Elizabeth Pipi Chair in Neurology.
honored to support Lankenau because
Elaine C. Thompson,
As Louis attests, Dr. Gollomp is an experi-
the Hospital has supported us.”
Ph.D., President,
enced and highly intelligent researcher and
“There is good and bad everywhere in the
collaborator, in addition to being a physician
world,” Louis continues. “You just have to look
who consistently treats his patients with
at the good and try to be just as good. I have
stellar care and practical communication.
been fortunate to be surrounded by very
“Dr. Gollomp has been good to me and my
caring and professional people here. I am
wife. I am delighted that others recognize
just trying to reflect their good.”
Lankenau Hospital.
his dedication to what he does.”
Fighting for her Life continued from page 3
office. “All along her journey, our Lankenau
focused on redecorating her living room
team has been here to support Nancy and
and dining room. She enjoys the escape
her family,” says Dr. Weiss. “We have been
these projects provide. But in the end, she
able to come together and offer the com-
knows she will always answer the bell.
fort and care they need. We are honored
“I am going to fight as hard as I can for as
that Nancy thinks so highly of us.”
long as I can,” says Nancy. “I have cancer
Despite all of her setbacks Nancy Loeb
is determined to keep fighting. Continuing
and I am going to deal with it. I will live
my life everyday as well as I can.”
her love for interior design, Nancy is
The Lankenau Difference
B
elow are just some of the distinctions Lankenau Hospital
has recently received. Special thanks to the patients, donors,
physicians and staff who make these achievements possible.
Solucient’s 100
Magnet Designation
“Best Place to Work”
Top Hospitals in
for Nursing
Cardiovascular
Lankenau Hospital, along
with Paoli and Bryn Mawr
Hospitals, has been granted
Magnet Recognition for
the second straight year.
Magnet status signifies that
Lankenau upholds a national
model for nursing, helping
to attract and retain the
best nurses and physicians,
and ensuring superior
patient care. Developed
by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center — the
largest and most prestigious
nursing credentialing
organization in the country
— this award is the hallmark
for excellence in nursing,
innovations in nursing
practices and quality patient
care. Magnet status is the
highest mark of excellence
that any hospital’s nursing
service can achieve and is
held by only four percent
of hospitals in the nation.
In order to receive this
honor, hospitals must satisfy
demanding criteria that
measure the quality of their
nursing practices.
Main Line Health, of which
Lankenau Hospital is a
proud member, won second
place in the Philadelphia
Business Journal’s annual
“Best Places to Work” survey
for 2006. In addition to this
achievement, the System
has also been named the
seventh best large company
to work for in Pennsylvania.
One of Main Line Health’s
core values is participation because people are the
system’s most important
resource. Main Line Health
is devoted to ensuring
employee satisfaction.
Receiving accolades such as
these reaffirm the positive
atmosphere established.
Research
For the second year in a row,
Lankenau Hospital has been
named one of Solucient’s
100 Top Hospitals in
Cardiovascular Research.
Solucient is an information
products company that
serves the healthcare
industry. The quality of care
offered at Lankenau places
the Hospital alongside the
nation’s leading teaching
hospitals with cardiovascular
residencies. Hospitals in
the Top 100 have a broad
range of cardiology patients,
including those who
suffer from heart attacks,
congestive heart failure
and receive coronary artery
bypass grafts. Patients
at these elite hospitals
have higher survival rates,
fewer complications, and
shorter hospital stays.
That Lankenau has stood
amongst these leaders in
healthcare for two straight
years is a testament to the
dedication of the Hospital’s
cardiovascular surgeons,
physicians, nurses and
their teams.
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
Endows Chair in Cardiovascular Research at Lankenau
The W.W. Smith
cardiovascular research, authored hundreds
Charitable Trust
of articles in medical/academic journals,
has made a
addresses national and international sym-
commitment
posia and serves as an expert consultant
of $1.5 million
to government and industry groups.
to the Lanke-
William Wikoff Smith
“We are grateful to the W.W. Smith Chari-
nau Hospital
table Trust for their vote of confidence in
Foundation to
the Heart Center’s cardiovascular research
establish the
program,” says Jack Lynch, President &
William Wikoff
CEO of Main Line Health. “It is a high point
Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Research.
of the Trust’s longstanding investment in
This significant donation will fortify the
vital heart projects within Main Line Health
Main Line Health Heart Center’s cut-
and at Lankenau Hospital and the Lankenau
ting edge cardiovascular basic research,
Institute for Medical Research. I view this
particularly in the areas of arrhythmia
as an endorsement of Lankenau Hospital
and sudden cardiac death, and sustain its
and the MLH Heart Center’s mission to im-
expansive clinical research programs. Sig-
prove the quality of life of our community.”
nificantly, the William Wikoff Smith Chair
This year, the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
will also facilitate future recruitment of dis-
celebrates its 30th Anniversary of improv-
tinguished, academically oriented, clinical
ing our community in areas such as college
cardiologists to lead these activities.
aid, basic needs of children and the elderly,
“We are honored to support such fine
and of course, medical research. The W.W.
institutions as Lankenau Hospital and the
Smith Charitable Trust has endowed chairs
MLH Heart Center,” says Mary L. Smith,
at other medical/research institutions with
Trustee of the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
the hope of medical advancements.
and a past trustee of the Lankenau Hospital
“We have been fortunate enough to have
Dr. Peter R. Kowey
“Partnering
with Lankenau
Foundation. “The W.W. Smith Charitable
the ability to help many individuals and
Trust exists to make our society a better
organizations over the past three decades,”
and healthier place to live. Partnering with
says Louise A. Havens, Medical Grant
Heart Center is
Lankenau and the MLH Heart Center is a
Administrator for the W.W. Smith Chari-
terrific way for us to shape the future of
table Trust. “Helping medical researchers
a terrific way
cardiovascular care for years to come.”
pursue breakthroughs that will improve our
for us to shape
lives is a tradition which we proudly carry
the future of
The Lankenau Hospital Foundation Board
– at the recommendation of the Lankenau
on with Lankenau and the Heart Center.”
Hospital Medical Distinctions Committee
While rooted in the incredible generos-
and the MLH
cardiovascular
– unanimously selected Peter R. Kowey,
ity of the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, this
care for years
MD, as the first holder of the William Wikoff
wonderful donation is also the fruition of
Smith Chair. Dr. Kowey, Chief of the MLH
the collaborative efforts of some of Main
to come.”
Division of Cardiovascular Disease and
Line Health’s finest. Joseph K. Gordon,
Mary L. Smith,
President of the Main Line Health Heart
past Chair of both the MLH and Lankenau
Trustee of the W.W. Smith
Center, is an outstanding clinician and
Boards, Dr. Frank McGeehin, and Dr. Kowey
academician whose work in Cardiology
instilled within the leadership of The W. W.
and his specialty, Electrophysiology, have
Smith Charitable Trust an appreciation for
earned him international recognition. Dr.
the breadth and quality of cardiovascular
Kowey has pioneered basic and clinical
research at Main Line Health.
Charitable Trust
Young Friends debut Lankenau Boutique . . .
T
he Lankenau Boutique – which took place on April
21, 2007 at the Walter and Leonore Annenberg
Conference Center at Lankenau Hospital – raised over
$36,000 for the benefit of the Mother/Baby Center and
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Lankenau Hospital.
This first-time event was hosted by the
staff in the Mother/Baby Center.”
Young Friends of Lankenau, a group made
Young Friends grew even closer to Lankenau
socially active and have a connection to
– in more ways than one. Just weeks before
Lankenau. Members include: Whitney Cutler,
the Boutique, Vanessa Halpert delivered her
Allison Fleitas, Vanessa Halpert, Rachel
third child, Charlie, at Lankenau. “I had
McGinn, Lindsey Page and Wendy Wolcott.
experienced the great care of Lankenau’s
“Each of us have had tremendous experi-
1. Elaine C. Thompson,
Ph.D., Lankenau Hospital
President, greets the
During the planning of the Boutique, the
up of young Main Line families who are
Mother/Baby team before. But the compas-
ences at Lankenau,” says Whitney Cutler.
sion they showed during Charlie’s arrival
“We just wanted to be able to show our
inspired all of us to make sure the Lankenau
appreciation for the care we received by
Boutique was a success.”
trying to give back to the Hospital and the
And a success it was. This unique evening
over 150 guests at the
inaugural Lankenau
Boutique.
2. Lankenau physicians
Dr. Norman Brest
and Dr. Nancy Roberts.
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3. (l to r) Dr. Andrew
Gerson, Co-Chair, Life
Begins at Lankenau
Campaign, and his wife,
Dr. Sheila Ronkin, enjoy
the Lankenau Boutique
with Meredith Jones,
Co-Chair, Life Begins at
Lankenau Campaign, and
her husband, Lankenau
Trustee, Edward Jones.
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2
. . . Over $36,000 raised for Life Begins at Lankenau
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of food, fun and shopping attracted over 150
The Lankenau Boutique was proudly
4. The Young Friends of
guests – many of whom were visiting Lanke-
sponsored by: Pepper Hamilton LLP, Payden
Lankenau Hospital spend
nau’s campus for the first time. The evening
and Rygel, U.S. Trust, STW Fixed Income
a moment together as they
featured an opportunity to purchase exclu-
Management, Norman & Suzanne Cohn, Gar-
host the inaugural Lankenau
sive items from 16 vendors including: Cooke
rison Printing Company, Neuberger Berman,
Boutique for the benefit of the
& Berlinger (classic and fashion jewelry),
and Pzena Investment Management, LLC.
Hospital’s Mother/Baby Center
Lily Holt (designer women’s accessories),
For information on how you can support
and NICU. (From left to right:)
Theory (stylish clothing for men and women),
Life Begins at Lankenau, the Hospital’s $3.5
Rachel McGinn, Allison Fleitas,
Little Follies (acclaimed children’s clothing),
million campaign to improve facilities and
Vanessa Halpert, Whitney
beebsie (A-line dresses and accessories)
services for new mothers and their babies,
Cutler, Wendy Wolcott, and
Chairloom (antique revival), CW MOMAKI
please contact Lankenau’s Development
Lindsey Page.
(exclusive jewelry), and many more.
Office at (610) 645-8101.
On February 25, 2007 – several weeks prior to the Lankenau Boutique – the Young Friends of
Lankenau gathered at Gulph Mills Golf Club for the Boutique Invitation Addressing Party. The
group assembled and personalized approximately 1,000 invitations to their inaugural event.
Scene
On the
Employee Health Fair
The Employee Health Fair
was held in Lankenau’s Main
Lobby on April 11, 2007 and
featured health screenings,
1
information and special
3. Michael Criscuolo, Manager for
activities for Hospital
Development Communications and
employees. This event is
Linda DeMarco, Lankenau Security
1. Lankenau Legacies
Lankenau Legacies
organized each year by
Manager, promote the Hospital’s
guests tour the Hospital’s
Lankenau Hospital Founda-
Lankenau’s Health Education
Employee Giving Campaign and the
new Archive Center.
tion hosted a reception and
Center team.
“Spirit of Lankenau”.
luncheon for planned giving
donors and prospects on
April 27, 2007 to launch its
new planned giving society
-- Lankenau Legacies. The
program included a video
of a grateful patient story, a
presentation on advances in
2. Enjoying the Lankenau Employee
cardiac procedures by Dr.
Health Fair are (l to r): Rocky the
Francis Sutter, comments
Badger, Scott McKinnon, Vice
by Lankenau’s president,
President of Operations, Greg Papa,
Elaine C. Thompson, Ph.D.
Director of Human Resources, the
and a tour of the Hospital’s
Phillie Phanatic, Elaine C. Thompson,
new Archive Center lead by
Ph.D., President, Lankenau Hospital,
Hospital Archivist, Bonnie
and Connie Rossi, Director of Nursing/
Dorwart, M.D. For more
Interim Vice President.
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4. The Phanatic visits with some
of his favorite nurses (l to r), Juila
information on how you can
Weaver-Vogelei, RN, Sreelekha
join the Lankenau Legacies
Krishnan, RN, Renee Williams, PCT,
Society, please contact Carl
and Judy Moore, RN.
Swansen at (610) 645-8068 or
SwansenC@mlhs.org.
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5. Vincent Kling – with the help
of Dr. Bill Lewis – signs one of
the unique bricks which make
Original Architect
Visits Lankenau
Vincent Kling, the architect
who designed and built the
original Lankenau Hospital
in Wynnewood over 50 years
ago returned for a tour of
the hospital on January 11,
2007 to revisit his groundbreaking hospital design
up Lankenau’s façade.
National
Volunteer Week
Mother-Daughter
Breast Health
Conference
Lankenau celebrated the
Dr. Marisa Weiss collab-
with festivities throughout
orated with Lankenau
National Volunteer Week in
Hospital’s Health Education
April 2007. In the past year,
Center and breastcancer.
Lankenau volunteers con-
org to present an interac-
tributed a combined 73,873
tive Mother-Daughter Breast
hours of service.
outstanding contributions
of the Hospital’s volunteers
7. Eleanor Coen receives the
Health Conference for
Lankenau Leader Achieve-
female students and their
ment Award in Volunteerism
mothers at Lower Merion
from Laurie Watson, Director
High School on April 11,
of Volunteer Services, and
2007. The program, an
John Barickman, Vice
intergenerational event in
and to see how Lankenau has
which Dr. Weiss’ mother,
grown over the years. When
President of Operations.
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Ellen Weiss, and daughter
it opened in 1953, Lankenau
Isabel Friedman partici-
was considered the most
pated, encouraged young
modern hospital design in
women and their mothers to
the country, and Mr. Kling’s
engage in open discussions
work at Lankenau is the
about breast health.
subject of study in architectural textbooks even
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6. (l to r) Ronni Diaz and her daughter
today. During his visit, Mr.
Alexis, a sophomore, meet Ellen Weiss,
Kling recounted how the
Isabel Friedman, Dr. Weiss and Laura
Hospital’s board first wanted
Vitiello, a sophomore, and her mother,
to place Lankenau right
Joanne Freedman, before the program.
next to Lancaster Avenue.
Dr. Weiss, director of Breast Radiation
By building a scale model in
Oncology and Coordinator of the
his basement, Mr. Kling was
Breast Health Community Outreach
able to persuade the Board
Program at Lankenau Hospital,
that building a “hospital on
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8,9&10. Lankenau Volunteers enjoy a reception in
their honor during National
Volunteer Week.
is also president and founder of
the hill” would be better and
breastcancer.org, the most widely-
would provide patients and
used source of medical breast cancer
employees with soothing
information on the Internet.
views of open space.
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Focus on Philanthropy
Annenberg
Foundation pledges
$10 million to
support medical
education at
Lankenau
In January 2007, the
Annenberg Foundation
pledged a $10 million
charitable contribution
to Lankenau Hospital to
establish The Annenberg
Medical Education
Program. This extraordinary
gift will provide support
for Graduate Medical
Education and components
of interdisciplinary and
other clinical training
programs, including
the development of a
Simulation Laboratory in
Lankenau’s Annenberg
Conference Center.
The Annenberg
Foundation’s gift was made
in large part as a tribute
to Dr. Mark J. Ingerman,
a long-time Lankenau
physician. “The Annenberg
Foundation recognizes the
importance of supporting
medical education
programs to perpetuate
clinical excellence and
compassionate care,”
says Elaine C. Thompson,
Ph.D., President,
Lankenau Hospital. “We
are especially proud that
Dr. Ingerman’s skills and
dedication have served
to advance educational
programs at Lankenau.”
(Editor’s Note: The Fall
2007 issue of Lankenau
Leaders will contain an
in-depth feature on the
impact of the Annenberg
Foundation’s generosity
on behalf of medical
education at Lankenau.)
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any community members do not realize that Lankenau Hospital
is a not-for-profit organization. Lankenau relies on the support
of individuals, corporations and foundations to maintain and
enhance the Hospital’s excellent patient programs and services.
Below are just a few of the recent significant charitable contributions
that have had an impact on Lankenau Hospital.
The Delema G. Deaver
Main Line Perinatal,
Foundation donated a grant
of $582,516 to support and
improve Lankenau programs
which benefit children.
Inc. pledged $25,000 to
An Anonymous Donor
contributed $250,000
in appreciation of Dr.
Lawrence Livornese, Dr.
Mark Ingerman, and the
physicians and staff of
Delaware Valley Infectious
Disease Associates. Per
request of the donors,
Lankenau is looking to
enhance clinical outreach
to the Hospital’s underserved population.
The Estate of Ms.
Ruth Grandin donated
$200,000 to establish the
Ruth Grandin Health, Faith
and the Human Experience
Symposium at Lankenau
Hospital. The symposium
will seek to explore and
enhance the connection
between faith and healthcare
for patients, family members
and the community.
Life Begins at Lankenau:
The Campaign for the
Mother/Baby Center and
Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit. Main Line Perinatal,
Inc. consists of Drs. Nancy
Roberts, Andrew Gerson,
Alan Donnenfeld and Eric
Carlson.
Lankenau volunteer
Crawford C. Madeira
donated $20,000 to support
the Helene Madeira Breast
Cancer Symposium and Life
Begins at Lankenau.
surgical robotic system and
the William G. Figueroa, MD
Pulmonary Medicine and
Critical Care Endowment.
The Sukonik Foundation
donated $10,000 to
the Walter and Leonore
Annenberg Conference
Center for Medical
Education at Lankenau.
This gift was made in honor
of Drs. Mark Ingerman,
Gerald Marks and John
Marks.
Evelyn Tabas donated
Life Begins at Lankenau
Campaign Committee
Member Anne McCabe
donated over $20,000 to
the campaign.
$10,000 to Lankenau’s
highest priority needs. This
gift was made in honor of
Carl Swansen, Lankenau’s
Director of Development,
joining the Lankenau
Hospital Foundation staff.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude de
Lankenau Trustee
Botton donated $10,000
Frederick C. Haab, Jr. and
to Lankenau’s highest
priority needs in tribute of
Dr. Gerald Marks.
his wife Gabrielle donated
$10,000 to Lankenau’s
highest priority needs.
The Jack and Babe
Grollman Philanthropic
Fund donated $10,000
for Lankenau’s da Vinci
For more information on how you can support Lankenau Hospital, please contact
David L. Phillips, Ed.D., Executive Director of Development at (610) 645-8067 or
PhillipsDa@mlhs.org
The Language of Medicine
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‘‘
he best part of my job is that I get to help physicians because
we speak the same language—medicine,” says Mazen
Hassan, M.D. “I know what they’re looking for and can judge which
information will help them the most in their work.”
As Director of the Main Line Health Library
medical school at Alexandria University and
System, Dr. Hassan’s goal is to unite all of the
then became an emergency room physician
medical text resources of Main Line Health so
at the University’s Medical Center. “You really
that every physician in the System has easy
make a difference in someone’s life,” he says,
access to this store of vast knowledge. Every
then adds with a smile, “and even if another
day more medical journals and references
physician is the one who ultimately saves
become available online to staff and physi-
them, it’s your face they remember, and they
cians. Library patrons can be found behind
thank you.”
laptops rather than books, even though the
Despite the rewards of practicing emer-
bookcases are filled with classic and current
gency medicine in his home country, he
references, textbooks and journals. However
moved to the United States in 1997 for an
it will be quite some time before all of the
opportunity to expand his skills. After spend-
familiar hardcover textbooks are gone.
ing two years studying to practice medicine
“Many doctors still like having textbooks
in the States, he decided to pursue another
they can feel,” says Dr. Hassan. “It will be a
path when he began working in the Medi-
long time before there are no books on our
cal Library at Lankenau Hospital. Under the
shelves.”
Library system’s former director, Les Gundry,
The Medical Library at Lankenau moved
Ph.D., Dr. Hassan spearheaded many initia-
to its expanded location on the lower level of
tives, including converting the card catalogue
the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Confer-
to digital, and moving to an online database.
ence Center for Medical Education in 2004.
At Lankenau, he found the transition from
This facility is fully equipped to handle the
clinician to administrator smoother than he
demands of the digital era, with wireless
had anticipated. As he reflects, “It was very
network access and LAN connections at
easy to adjust—I went from one teaching hos-
every seat and table. “Mazen helped the
pital with a research institute to another. The
library committee put a lot of this together
cultures were very similar and I can talk to
to serve the educational needs of our physi-
anyone here because they’ve become family.”
cians, nurses, and staff,” says Bonnie Dorwart,
Now as the head of the Medical Library
M.D., Hospital Archivist, whose program
system, Dr. Hassan’s contribution is no less
works very closely with the library.
important to patients. “Often patients or their
The path that Dr. Hassan took to the library
Mazen Hassan, M.D.,
Director of the Main Line
Health Library
family members will come to the library with
where he helps members of Lankenau’s com-
questions about their diagnoses and I’m able
munity was an unusual one. He was born in
to point them in the right direction and
Alexandria, Egypt, near where the Nile River
alleviate their fears. My medical training
meets the Mediterranean Sea. His home sat on
really helps then because I can explain their
a small peninsula on the beach, so that on one
condition in terms they understand, reassure
side, the sea was choppy with the tide and
them based on my background, and help find
on the other, calm like the river. He attended
the information they need.”
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John D. Lankenau Society Celebrations
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ankenau Hospital Foundation proudly honored members of the John D.
Lankenau (JDL) Society during two unique events in spring 2007. On
April 11, the physician members of the JDL Society were treated to a special
reception and tour of the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
exhibit at the Franklin Institute.
1. (From left) Dr. Francis
Sutter, Dr. Jerry Santoro,
Elaine C. Thompson,
Ph.D., Lankenau
Hospital President, Dr.
Donald Peterson, Dr.
Andrew Gerson, and Dr.
Bill Lewis.
2. Louis Samuels, MD
and his wife, Fania,
enjoy the reception.
3. Guests gather
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in Aviation Hall at the
Franklin Institute for a
reception prior to touring the King Tut exhibit.
4. Dr. Francis Sutter,
President of the
Lankenau Medical Staff,
addresses the crowd.
5. Dr. Andrew Gerson
(left), Dr. Rosemary
Casey, Dr. Donald
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Peterson, and Wendy
Santoro.
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John D. Lankenau Society Celebrations
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n April 25, 2007 all JDL Society members joined together in the Walter
and Leonore Annenberg Conference Center for Medical Education at
Lankenau. In addition to a delightful evening of lively conversation and delicious
food, guests were treated to a unique presentation from Dr. Francis Sutter on the
benefits of heart surgery using Lankenau’s da Vinci Surgical Robotic System.
The JDL Society consists of individuals who have donated $1,000 or more to
the Lankenau Hospital Foundation. For information on how you can join the
JDL Society, please contact Carl Swansen at (610) 645-8068 or
SwansenC@mlhs.org.
1. (l to r) Dr. Susan Gregory,
Dr. Francis Ferdinand,
Lankenau Trustee Frederick
C. Haab, Jr., Dr. Jerry
Santoro, Dr. Scott Goldman,
and Dr. Mark Ingerman.
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2. Lankenau Trustee Peter
Havens speaks with Dr.
Francis Sutter, President,
Lankenau Hospital Medical
Staff.
3. Lankenau Trustee
Stephen Berman (l) and
his wife, Ginny, chat with
Lankenau Trustee Frederick
C. Haab, Jr.
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4. Alfred W. Putnam, Jr.,
Esq., Chairman, Lankenau
Hospital Foundation Board
of Trustees, addresses the
crowd.
5. Dr. Francis Sutter (right)
speaks with Franklin and
Lynne Davis.
6. Dr. Andrew Gerson
discusses the Life Begins
at Lankenau campaign
with Christine Marlo while
Plum Abelson looks on in
the background.
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Hear tfelt Thanks
W
about 50% in pain relief. Amazingly, Peter
lived an almost pain-free life for ten years
henever Marie Chilcott thinks of
and was even able to help Marie’s husband,
her late father, Peter Caruso, she
Chuck, paint their house. His caregivers
thinks of Lankenau with a grateful smile.
She still remembers the day in 1963 when
at Lankenau were equally amazed and
asked him to return for years so they could
her then 53 year-old father who lived in
monitor his progress. Eventually, however,
Ridley Park and worked in South Philly for
Peter had a stroke and died on June 5, 1973.
most of his life, had been having pain down
Peter Caruso
have some additional years of life with
Marie never forgot the added years and
his left arm and had an attack on the way
quality of life Lankenau gave her father.
to work. Marie rushed him to the nearest
It was only natural then that she thought
hospital, which he loved, since it was close
of benefiting Lankenau through her estate
to his old neighborhood and everyone
plans. It was her way of expressing her
could come see him. However, despite nu-
heartfelt thanks. Having no children she
merous tests and a hospital stay of several
and Chuck have decided to leave the bulk
weeks they couldn’t discover what was
of their estates to charity. In Marie’s case,
wrong with him. With his hospitalization
she has chosen to create a legacy at Lanke-
about to end, Marie told the hospital either
nau that would provide ongoing support
find out what is wrong with my father or
for heart research through the Marie
discharge him. They discharged him.
Chilcott Endowment.
Marie and Chuck
In frustration, Marie and her mother
turned to their family doctor, Earl Daugh-
are using a popular
erty, MD Marie described Dr. Daughtery
technique common in
as an amazing man who was brilliant and
estate planning today
wonderful – “as long as you did what he
– the living trust, as a
said”, she commented with a chuckle.
cornerstone for their
plans. The trust is
Following his examination of her father,
structured to serve
Dr. Daughtery sent Mr. Caruso to Lankenau
to see James Daly, MD who ordered a stress
their needs during
test. Noting her father’s chest pain, Dr. Daly
their lifetimes and also the needs of Marie’s
catheterized him, which at that time was a
aunt, should she survive them. Following
risky procedure. The test revealed prob-
their lives the portion of the trust’s remain-
lems with his aortic valve, so he was sched-
der or principal designated for Lankenau
uled for surgery with George J. Haupt, MD
will be transferred to establish the Chilcott
who began Lankenau’s cardiac surgical
Endowment at the Hospital. Employing
program in 1961 by repairing congenital
this strategy helps avoid the delay and cost
heart defects and valves. Marie recalls that
associated with probate and speed up
her father was scheduled to receive a
the process of distributing Marie’s
mechanical replacement but at the last
legacy to Lankenau.
minute was told he would be receiving a
human replacement –“a perfect fit” she
recalls with a smile. The prognosis following surgery was that Mr. Caruso would
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Marie and Chuck Chilcott
For more information on how you can
benefit Lankenau Hospital through a living
trust, please contact Carl R. Swansen at
610.645.8068 or swansenc@mlhs.org.
Avenues of Giving in Becoming a Lankenau Leader
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here are a variety of ways to support Lankenau Hospital that provide you
with the satisfaction of supporting its mission and securing certain tax
advantages. The simplest form is to make your tax-deductible gift by check
payable to the “Lankenau Hospital Foundation” and send it in the enclosed
envelope. Or you could choose the convenience of making your secured credit
card gift online at www.lankenauhospital.org. Just click on “Lankenau Hospital
Giving Opportunities” and then click on “Make a gift today.” Depending
on other assets you own or your personal circumstances, you may want to
consider other available options such as:
Gifts of Securities and
Matching Gifts:
Other Property:
You can increase the value of your gift
Gifts of appreciated stock, mutual fund
by taking advantage of your employer’s
shares or other securities can be a cost
matching gift program, if it is offered.
effective way of supporting Lankenau.
Check with your human resources
Gifts of real estate, paid-up insurance
department and if the program is
policies or personal property can also
offered, fill out the matching gift form
be given.
and enclose it with your gift.
Planned Gifts:
Memorial Gifts and Tributes:
From a simple bequest in your will to a
Remembering a loved one or honoring
charitable remainder trust or charitable
a friend, family member, physician or
gift annuity that provides valuable life-
other caregiver is a wonderful way to
income, planned gifts offer the flexibility
express your personal appreciation and
of providing for Lankenau’s future while
support – and also support Lankenau
addressing your personal and financial
Hospital at the same time.
needs. They also provide current and
future tax benefits.
For more information on any of these giving options, please contact
Lankenau’s Development Office at (610) 645-8067.
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610-645-8067
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